Area Colleges: UIS splits inaugural games at on-campus field

The University of Illinois Springfield split a doubleheader with Missouri S&T on Monday in the first games played at the Prairie Stars’ new on-campus baseball field.

UIS defeated S&T 3-1 in the nightcap after falling 4-1 in the opener.

In Game 2, UIS’ Alex Bradley tied the game 1-1 with a run-scoring double in the bottom of the first. The Prairie Stars took the lead for good in the second on Adam Unes’ solo home run, the first at the UIS field.

Brooks Rohrman ended the scoring with an RBI double in the fourth. Seth Krueger (2-0) was the winner for the Prairie Stars (7-4 overall, 3-1 in the GLVC). He didn’t allow an earned run on three hits, striking out three and walking three in five innings.

Kyle Schildroth pitched a perfect ninth to get his fourth save.

In the opener, S&T took a 2-1 lead in the fourth and never trailed again. The Miners took advantage of an error, a walk, and a hit by pitch in the inning. UIS’ only run came in the first on Luke Stewart’s RBI double. Stewart finished the game 3-for-3.

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Stapleton helps Bulldogs sweep

Katie Stapleton pitched a one-hit shutout Monday in Benedictine University at Springfield’s 10-0 victory over MacMurray in the second game of a doubleheader.

The Bulldogs won the first game 10-2 in six innings.

Stapleton struck out four and walked two in the five-inning nightcap. Sarah Worster drove in three runs and Monica DeVault went 2-for-3 and scored twice for Benedictine. Laney Thacker doubled and had two RBIs for the Bulldogs, who scored six runs in the fourth and four in the fifth. Roni Grgin got the only hit for MacMurray.

In Game 1, Benedictine scored five runs in the fourth and led 10-0. DeVault had three hits, including two doubles, and drove in three runs. Thacker had two RBIs and Worster went 2-for-3 with a double. Abbie Walton got the win, allowing three hits with one strikeout and no walks in four innings.

Breezy Walton had two hits and an RBI for MacMurray.

Two shutouts move Lincoln Land to 18-3

TITUSVILLE, Fla. — Hayley Long pitched a five-inning no-hitter in the first game and Sadie Moser tossed a five-inning one-hitter in the second as Lincoln Land Community College defeated Gloucester County (N.J.) 15-0 and College of DuPage 8-0 on Sunday.

The sweep concluded LLCC’s Florida trip, during which the Loggers went 15-1 and improved to 18-3 for the season.

Long, a freshman from Williamsville, improved to 2-1 as she struck out three and walked one against Gloucester County. The Loggers’ 14-hit attack was led by Kayla Jacobs and Lauren Windisch (three hits apiece) and Melinda Wilson and Rachel Hastings (two apiece).

Windisch had two doubles, and Torey Sorensen hit a three-run home run for the Loggers in the first inning.

In the win over DuPage, Moser (3-0) struck out five and walked one. LLCC had nine hits, with Jacobs and Claire Dubree getting two apiece. Wilson drove in four runs, while Payton Billups homered for LLCC.